Technology in golf visited, starting with the balls
Written by leonard
Wednesday, 08 October 2008
Let’s take a brief journey back to a time when golf was played on ugly fairways with wooden staffs and leather balls packed with bird feathers.
atching current professional golfers duke it out on pristine, perfectly manicured golf courses using state-of-the-art golf equipment, it’s easy to forget that golf in its early years was not so high-tech nor were the courses so pretty. Modern golf as we know it originated and was later developed in Scotland in the kingdom of Fife beginning in the 12th century. Its definition is simply “playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the rules.”
The Musselburgh Old Links Golf Course in Scotland is considered the grandfather of all golf courses wherein golf was played in 1672. It is even said that Mary, Queen of Scots reputedly played at this truly ‘ancient course’ in 1567. In fact, the word “caddy” derives from the military cadets that Mary, Queen of Scots utilised as helpers during her rounds of golf.
From two shy youngsters across stealing glances across the room, fashion and technology have become regular lovers. It’s not the first nor will it be the last.
Anyone heard of the names Louis Reard and Jacques Helm? Back in 1946, French engineer Reard and his fashion designer friend Helm worked together and produced what we now know as the modern bikini. Whilst it was a little ahead of its time, it was a breakthrough in fashion and technology as it signalled the start of the modern era where fashion and technology jumped into bed together. The fashion piece has since found its way into the history books and even now, technology and fashion are always linked to one another.
Nokia has revived the N-Gage and this time, it doesn't look like it's going to suffer a premature death. Key reasons that the first-generation N-Gage didn't stand a chance were:
1.Cost and limitations of the N-Gage 'game decks' 2.Cost and availability of games made for the N-Gage 3.Game publishing was new to Nokia
Competition (some might dispute that term), also didn't help Nokia's cause. Nintendo has the Game Boy Advance and DS, while Sony has the PlayStation Portable (PSP). Anyway, let's avoid a history lesson and get on with what we saw on the revamped N-Gage (sometimes refered to as the N-Gage 2.0).
It’s another day in the IT SHOW 2008, and Gadget3 has already signed up more than 500 members on site at booth 6535. According to Gadget3 promoters, our new members consisted of some very tech saavy geeks who trawl IT blogs such such Engadget and Gizmodo and ahem, we won’t mention any more names here.
As promised, here's part two of the ultimate shopper's guide to the IT SHOW 2008. It's at least 12 noon by the time you read this so in case you didn't realise it, the IT SHOW 2008 opens its doors at Suntec City Exhibition Centre at the same hour! Hurry, get youself over there after you're done reading this guide!
